- Whitfell
Infobox Mountain
Name = Whitfell
Photo = Whitfell_from_Kinmont_Buck_Barrow.jpg
Caption = From the summit ofKinmont Buck Barrow , looking to the flat summit ofBurn Moor and Whitfell (centre), with theDuddon Valley right
Elevation = 573 m (1880 ft)
Location =Lake District ,England
Range =
Prominence = "c." 221 m
Parent peak =Black Combe
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Topographic
OS "Landranger" 96
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Grid_ref_UK = SD158929
Listing = Marilyn, Outlying Wainwright¿
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Pronunciation =Whitfell (or sometimes Whit Fell) is a hill in the southwestern part of the
Lake District . It is the highest point betweenBlack Combe and Harter Fell on the broad ridge to the west of theDuddon Valley . Views from the summit include the full length of the Duddon Valley including its estuary; the western side of the Conistonfell s; the Eskdale fells includingScafell andBowfell ; much of westernCumbria including the estuary of the Rivers Esk, Mite and Irt; theIsle of Man ; as well as the hills to the south culminating inBlack Combe .The hill is relatively infrequently visited, and is a fairly characterless grassy mound, extensively grazed by
sheep , though with a very large cairn, whose stones may be from atumulus . Abridleway crosses the fell to the north of the summit, but it is probably more frequently visited on a round includingBurn Moor ,Kinmont Buck Barrow , andBuck Barrow from the summit of the Corney Fell road, a route described byAlfred Wainwright in his book "The Outlying Fells of Lakeland".
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